I'm Already There

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{{Infobox album

| name = I'm Already There

| type = studio

| artist = Lonestar

| cover = Lonestaralready.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|2001|06|19}}

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

  • Emerald Entertainment, Nashville
  • Soundshop, Nashville
  • Ocean Way, Nashville

| genre = {{hlist|Country|pop|rock|adult contemporary}}

| length = 45:32

| label = BNA

| producer = Dann Huff

| prev_title = This Christmas Time

| prev_year = 2000

| next_title = From There to Here: Greatest Hits

| next_year = 2003

| misc = {{Singles

| name = I'm Already There

| type = Studio

| single1 = I'm Already There

| single1date = March 26, 2001

| single2 = With Me

| single2date = August 13, 2001

| single3 = Not a Day Goes By

| single3date = January 21, 2002

| single4 = Unusually Unusual

| single4date = August 19, 2002

}}

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = About.com

| rev1Score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{Cite web |url=http://countrymusic.about.com/od/cdreviewsal/gr/blalreadythere.htm |title=About.com review |access-date=2013-05-04 |archive-date=2013-04-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130415101926/http://countrymusic.about.com/od/cdreviewsal/gr/blalreadythere.htm |url-status=dead }}

| rev2 = Allmusic

| rev2Score = {{Rating|3|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r538174|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]

| rev3 = Country Weekly

| rev3Score = (favorable)[http://www.countryweekly.com/reviews/im-already-there-bna-records Country Weekly review]

| rev4 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev4Score = C{{Cite web |url=https://ew.com/article/2001/07/13/im-already-there/ |title=Entertainment Weekly review |access-date=2008-12-26 |archive-date=2009-03-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090330054404/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,255864,00.html |url-status=live }}

| rev5 = Rolling Stone

| rev5Score = (average){{cite magazine|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/lonestar/albums/album/206297/review/5945325/im_already_there |title=Rolling Stone review |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=2009-06-02 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071101060415/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/lonestar/albums/album/206297/review/5945325/im_already_there |archive-date=November 1, 2007 }}

}}

I'm Already There is the fourth studio album by American country music band Lonestar. Released in 2001 on BNA Records (see 2001 in country music), the album was certified platinum by the RIAA for sales of one million copies.

Serving as singles from this album were the title track (which spent six weeks at Number One on the Hot Country Songs charts) "Not a Day Goes By" (#3 on Hot Country Songs), "With Me" (#10), and "Unusually Unusual" (#12).

Track listing

All tracks produced by Dann Huff.

{{track listing

| total_length = {{duration|m=45|s=32}}

| title1 = Out Go the Lights

| writer1 = {{hlist|Brett Beavers|Steve Bogard|Richie McDonald}}

| length1 = 3:56

| title2 = Unusually Unusual

| writer2 = Mark McGuinn

| length2 = 3:36

| title3 = Not a Day Goes By

| writer3 = {{hlist|Maribeth Derry|Steve Diamond}}

| length3 = 4:08

| title4 = I Want to Be the One

| writer4 = {{hlist|Chuck Cannon|Gary Nicholson|Lari White}}

| length4 = 3:56

| title5 = With Me

| writer5 = {{hlist|Brett James|Troy Verges}}

| length5 = 3:53

| title6 = Without You

| writer6 = {{hlist|Anthony Smith|Bobby Terry}}

| length6 = 4:13

| title7 = I'm Already There

| writer7 = {{hlist|Gary Baker|Frank J. Myers|McDonald}}

| length7 = 4:13

| title8 = Let's Bring It Back

| writer8 = {{hlist|Annie Roboff|Jeffrey Steele}}

| length8 = 3:09

| title9 = Must Be Love

| writer9 = {{hlist|Greg Barnhill|Jon McElroy}}

| length9 = 3:14

| title10 = Softly

| writer10 = {{hlist|Holly Lamar|Roboff}}

| length10 = 4:06

| title11 = Every Little Thing She Does

| writer11 = {{hlist|Al Anderson|Bob DiPiero|Steele}}

| length11 = 3:13

| title12 = Like a Good Cowboy

| writer12 = {{hlist|Barnhill|Lamar}}

| length12 = 3:55

}}

{{Track listing

| total_length = {{duration|m=49|s=12}}

| headline = Australian bonus track

| title13 = No Greater Love

| writer13 = {{hlist|Cannon|Stephen Allen Davis}}

| length13 = 3:40

}}

Personnel

Lonestar

  • Richie McDonald – lead vocals, keyboards, acoustic guitar
  • Dean Sams – keyboards, acoustic guitar, harmonica, backing vocals
  • Michael Britt – electric guitars, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Keech Rainwater – banjo, drums, percussion

Additional musicians

Production

  • Dann Huff – producer
  • Darrell Franklin – A&R direction
  • Jeff Balding – recording, mixing
  • Jed Hackett – mix assistant
  • David Bryant – recording assistant
  • Mark Capps – recording assistant
  • Allen Ditto – recording assistant
  • Greg Fogie – recording assistant
  • Mark Hagen – recording assistant
  • Ken Hertz – recording assistant
  • Mike Konshak – recording assistant
  • Jason Piske – recording assistant
  • Christopher Rowe – digital editing
  • Shawn Simpson – digital editing
  • Doug Sax – mastering
  • Robert Hadley – mastering
  • The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California) – mastering location
  • Mike "Frog" Griffith – production coordinator
  • Robert Sebree – photography
  • Jennifer Kemp – wardrobe stylist
  • Holly Ballard – grooming
  • Cassie Roark – grooming
  • Melissa Schleicher – grooming

Chart performance

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=Weekly charts=

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scope="col"| Chart (2001)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

{{album chart|Billboard200|9|artist=Lonestar|rowheader=true|access-date=August 7, 2020}}
{{album chart|BillboardCountry|1|artist=Lonestar|rowheader=true|access-date=August 7, 2020}}

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= Year-end charts =

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|+Year-end chart performance for I'm Already There

! scope="col"| Chart (2001)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan){{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20031106085719/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/200-2_2001.html|archivedate= November 6, 2003|url=http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/200-2_2001.html|title=Top 200 Albums of 2001 (based on sales)|website=Jam!|accessdate=March 26, 2022}}

| 133

scope="row"| Canadian Country Albums (Nielsen SoundScan){{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20020701173700/http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2001_country.html|archivedate=July 1, 2002|url=http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2001_country.html|title=Top 100 country albums of 2001 in Canada|website=Jam!|accessdate= March 28, 2022}}

| 9

scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2001/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2001|magazine=Billboard|access-date=August 7, 2020}}

| 152

scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2001/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 2001|magazine=Billboard|access-date=August 7, 2020}}

| 17

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scope="col"| Chart (2002)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"|Canadian Country Albums (Nielsen SoundScan){{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20031204032208/http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_country.html|archivedate=December 4, 2003|url=http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_country.html|title=Top 100 country albums of 2002 in Canada|website=Jam!|accessdate=March 28, 2022}}

|20

scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2002/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2002|magazine=Billboard|access-date=August 7, 2020}}

| 173

scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2002/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 2002|magazine=Billboard|access-date=August 7, 2020}}

| 20

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"| Chart (2003)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2003/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 2003|magazine=Billboard|access-date=October 31, 2020}}

| 71

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Certifications

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|artist=Lonestar|title=I'm Already There|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=2001|certyear=2001}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Lonestar|title=I'm Already There|award=Platinum|type=album|relyear=2001|certyear=2002}}

{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}

References